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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2007 Sep; 38(5): 911-2
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-33314
RESUMO
The plasma levels of D-dimer can be used as a marker of fibrin formation and degradation. Plasma D-dimer levels in the febrile phase of 6 patients with typhoid fever and in the afebrile convalescent phase of 4 of them were measured. D-dimer levels were high in the febrile phase of all 6 patients and within normal range in the afebrile convalescent phase of all 4 patients. Our results indicate that thrombus formation and fibrinolysis may occur in the febrile phase of patients with typhoid fever.